Target now says hackers may have stolen the information of as many as 70 million customers.

Target now says hackers may have stolen the information of as many as 70 million customers.

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Updated: 10:41 PM CST Jan 10, 2014

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WEBVTT FIRST THOUGHT. THE RETAIL GIANT SAYS IT NOW BELIEVES INFORMATION WAS STOLEN ON ABOUT 70 MILLION PEOPLE DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON. 40/29'S DARBY BYBEE TELLS US HOW ONE MAN LEARNED HE WAS A VICTIM. HE'S IN ROGERS. ONE OF THOSE CUSTOMERS IS TONY FOSHE, A FAYETTEVILLE PRESCHOOL TEACHER. (TONY FOSHE, VICTIM) "On black Friday, we were shopping for the Soda Stream,' it was on sale, so, we wanted to get it for our daughter." FOSHE SAYS HE WAS SHOPPING ONLINE AT TARGET.COM. ABOUT 3 WEEKS LATER HE SAYS HE WAS CHECKING HIS BANK ACCOUNT ONLINE WHEN HE SAW A 69 DOLLAR TARGET PURCHASE THAT JUST DIDN'T SEEM RIGHT. "the purchase was made on a Saturday night at 11:30. I was like, I was asleep at 11:30." FOSHE SAYS HE CONTACTED HIS BANK AND FOUND OUT HIS DEBIT CARD INFORMATION WAS TAKEN, AND IT WAS LINKED TO TARGET'S SECURITY BREACH. HE ALSO FOUND OUT HOW LUCKY HE WAS TO HAVE CAUGHT THE FRAUDULENT PURCHASE HIMSELF, AS EVEN TARGET DIDN'T KNOW HIS INFORMATION HAD BEEN STOLEN. "We use Arvest Bank, and I guess Target had sent out a list of names that lived in the area, and they said that I wasn't on the list." FOSHE SAYS TARGET HAS PROMISSED TO REIMBURSE HIM. "My best advice is to check your bank account." BESIDES REIMBURSING ITS CUSTOMERS, TARGET SAID ON ITS OFFICIAL TWITTER PAGE TODAY THAT IT WILL OFFER 1 YEAR OF FREE CREDIT MONITORING AND IDENTITY THEFT PROTECTION TO ALL ITS CUSTOMERS.

Target: More customers may be victims of ID theft

Target now says hackers may have stolen the information of as many as 70 million customers.